September, 2013. With a rented car I visited all locations in Dallas and Fort Worth related to the crime of the century, the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I made lots of pictures; fifty of them are on this page. In 2009 I travelled to New Orleans, where Lee Harvey Oswald lived. The photos of that journey can be found […]

It’s probably one of the most famous cinema’s in world history: the Texas Theatre in Dallas. Here, at 231 West Jefferson Boulevard, Lee Harvey Oswald was taken into custody after a struggle with Dallas police officers. The freedom of the 24-year-old alleged murderer of president John F. Kennedy was hereby ended, for good. Intrigued by […]

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These days I’m reading American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville, (Random House, January 2006). A great book on the US, written by Bernard-Henri Lévy, a French public intellectual and author who travelled through the US in 2004 and 2005. You should all read it – it’s been a while since I read such a great book on the […]

I did years of research into the trip Oswald made from Minsk to Texas through my own country, the Netherlands, and on the days aboard the ship SS Maasdam, from Rotterdam to Hoboken, New Jersey. Saw photos and documents, came in contact with people who were on this ship with Lee Harvey Oswald. by PERRY […]

November 22, 2013. The assassination of John F. Kennedy was exactly 50 years ago. What happened in Kennedy’s final hours? This is a liveblog on the events, from his departure in Fort Worth until the take off of Air Force One 3,5 hours later – now with a new President. by PERRY VERMEULEN, STAN BOS […]

This september I visited New Orleans and Dallas. Walking around in these city’s makes a man hungry and thirsty. This is an enumeration of places to visit when in need for a beer or a burger. All places have a relation to key players of the events in November, 1963. Did you know The Ozzie Rabbit Lodge, […]

I always come back to the Cape and walk on the beach when I have a tough decision to make. The Cape is the one place I can think and be alone. – President John F. Kennedy door STAN BOS A summer house in Hyannis Port, Massachussetts Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy purchased […]

“Get out of my property,” hissed the 75-year-old Kenneth Porter with restrained anger. He was clearly not enamored of this unannounced visit from the Netherlands. The second husband of Marina Oswald Porter was assisted by a loud barking, medium-sized dog. “Get out of my property, didn’t you see the warning sign at the beginning of […]

I visited the Ruth Paine house in Iriving, Dallas, last september. It was empty inside. Well, empty… A table, some chairs and a painting were left by the last occupants. Two months after my quick visit, the house is a home again. The Ruth Paine House Museum opens to public on November 6. by PERRY […]

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Received a mail from someone who was interested in information I shared in the period 2007-2010, on the trip Lee Harvey Oswald made from Rotterdam (the Netherlands, my country) to the United States. Oswald travelled with his wife Marina and their baby, June. They left Minsk and travelled by train through Moscow, Poland and Germany, […]

I rang the bell of 1026 North Beckley Avenue in the afternoon of September 10, last month, while visiting Dallas. After a while a middle-aged woman looked through the glass. She wasn’t feeling well, but if I wanted to wait for 20 minutes, she was willing to dress up for a short interview. Great news: […]

“There are no faint hearts in Fort Worth.” Those were the words of President John F. Kennedy on the morning of Friday November 22nd, 1963. On that rainy and chilly morning thousands gathered in front of the Hotel Texas in downtown Fort Worth to listen to his final outdoor speech. Just a few hours later […]

I visited New Orleans in 2009 and was confused: the address of Lee Harvey Oswald was 4905 Magazine Street, but I couldn’t find a house with that number. Walking from the corner of Magazine and Upperline Street, you’ll find the odd numbers 4901 (uninhabited for years), 4903, 4907 and 4911 easily on your right. Where […]

Bought Bill O’Reilly’s well-written Killing Kennedy earlier this year in Holland and last week, while on holiday in the US, I bought the ‘successor’, Kennedy’s Last Day’s. I saw the huge billboard on Times Square in New York – this was something I wanted to read! I bought it at Newseum, in Washington, DC – the beautiful museum that […]

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This month 50 years ago, the famous backyard photographs were made by Marina Oswald. The photos show her husband Lee Harvey Oswald standing in his backyard, with a holstered pistol strapped to his waist, holding a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle and two communist newspapers, The Militant and The Worker. The authenticity of the pictures have always been the subject of discussion. […]

Through the years after the tragedy there were lots of times when Marina Oswald-Porter unleashed things from her past. She gave interviews, wrote to relatives and gave testimonies to authorities like the Warren Commission and the House Select Committee on Assasinations. When talking about the journey from Minsk to the US, in June, 1962, her statements […]

After the shots were fired at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, president John F. Kennedy was rushed to Parkland Memorial Hospital, only four miles from were the incident occurred. The severely wounded president of the United States was brought into trauma room number one, were the doctors pretty soon came to the conclusion that his live […]

We all know Bill and Gayle Newman, and their two sons Bill and Clayton. “History reserved a special seat for Bill and Gayle Newman”, wrote The Dallas Morning News last november, introducting the couple, now both 71 years old. Author James Ragland: “The Newmans were the closest civilian eyewitnesses to the assassination of JFK. About […]

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The most remarkable note in Oswald’s address book, in my opinion, is the above on. Yes: this book, found among Oswald’s belongings after the assassination of JFK, was much more than just a list of names and addresses. What do we see here? Lee Harvey Oswald wrote down ‘West Berlin – F.R.G. Tempelhofer Damm. Lee H.’ He made […]

On the day of his death, John F. Kennedy was scheduled to deliver a speech at the Dallas Trade Mart. The President was invited by the Dallas Citizens Council and the members of the Dallas Assembly, who held their annual meeting. Kennedy never arrived at his destination. Minutes before his arrival he was assassinated at Dealey Plaza, […]

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